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In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can distinguish odors within a fraction of a second, working at a level of sensitivity that is “on par” with how our brains perceive color, “refuting the widely held belief that olfaction is our slow sense,” a new study finds.

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The new findings challenge previous research in which the timing it took to discriminate between odor sequences was around 1,200 milliseconds, Dr. Dmitry Rinberg, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Physiology at NYU Langone Health in New York, wrote in an editorial accompanying the study in Nature Human Behaviour.

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[–] fleabomber 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Perhaps whoever smelt it actually did dealt it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Finally. Someone chiming in with the practical applications of this research lol.

[–] CaptainPedantic 2 points 1 month ago

The article says that we can distinguish 2 different smells that appear 60 milliseconds apart.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am very bothered that the stock photo is someone smelling tulips, which have no smell.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

They're just making sure lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

This isn’t new science because I learned this is cognitive psychology in 2003